ANIMAL welfare was high on the agenda when Labour shadow environment secretary, Maria Eagle, visited Ilkley.
Ms Eagle joined Labour parliamentary candidate for the Keighley constituency, John Grogan, in Ilkley town centre on Wednesday (April 8) to talk to voters about the party’s animal welfare policies.
She said Labour plans to keep the ban on hunting with dogs if it wins next month’s general election, and would put a halt to the badger culls – which are aimed at stopping the spread of bovine tuberculosis – and instigate a scientific study on the control of bovine TB.
Tightening regulation on puppy farms and a review of ‘inadequate’ regulations on the sale and breeding of dogs and cats are is also part of the party’s animal welfare policy, she said, as well as tackling wildlife crime and addressing the use of snares in the control of wild animal populations.
Mr Grogan briefed Ms Eagle on his opposition to grouse shooting on Ilkley Moor continuing beyond 2018, his belief that there should be a moratorium on all fracking and his support for a restoration of the policy of brownfield first for housing development.
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